Robin Iltzsche

Prof. Dr. Robin Iltzsche is an Acting Professor in the Department of Social Work and Health at Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, specializing in Prevention and Health Promotion in Social Work contexts. His research integrates clinical practice with critical social science perspectives.

Education:

• PhD in Sociology/Social Psychology, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt (2022)
• MSc Psychology, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt (2015)
• BA Cognitive Linguistics & BSc Psychology, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt (2012)

Research Focus: Iltzsche investigates suicidality prevention through psychoanalytic frameworks, trauma in displaced populations, and qualitative methodologies. His work critically examines mental health systems and clinical paradoxes.

Publication Trends: Recent articles analyze pandemic impacts on refugee mental health (2022), ethical paradoxes in suicide prevention (2020), and autoethnographic studies of clinician identity (2019). His scholarship consistently engages critical psychology and social work practice.

Professional Experience:

• Psychologist at FATRA refugee counseling center (2021-2022)
• Psychotherapist at Friedberg Psychiatric Clinic (2020-2021)
• Ongoing psychoanalytic psychotherapy training (2018-present)
• Teaching positions at Sigmund-Freud-Privatuniversität, Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg, and Ostfalia Hochschule (2017-2022)
• Social work at Frankfurt refugee transition center (2013-2021)